ICECUBES the comic strip #360

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Leroy Brown

Gezundheit! ~~ Remember friends, you can buy the original art for this comic strip. Click here!

New strips?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Recently, I’m sure many of you have been wondering why ICECUBES the comic strip hasn’t been updating more often. After all, everyone likes new strips right? Believe it or not one major reason is the weather! It has been extremely hot down here in Texas (yes, the comic strip takes place in Alaska, but I live in Texas). I don’t have a working AC unit in my attic studio where the temperature is in the 90Ã‚Âºs. So it’s just impossible to work in there until the weather cools off. The other reason is that I put a tremendous amount of time and energy into making the new ICECUBES book. I am very proud of this book! It took over a year to get it printed the right way and everyone who owns a copy knows it’s a good looking book. My focus now is on promoting the book and getting new fans to discover ICECUBES. In order to make that happen I have been driving hundreds of miles to conventions and meeting fans one on one to show them the book. The response has been great. Check out my convention schedule and come out and say hi! I have also been planning book signings in libraries and comic book shops. (Note: If anyone would like to organize an ICECUBES book signing, by all means get in touch with me!) One thing all of you wonderful readers and fans can do to help is to buy your own copy of the new ICECUBES book! More book sales mean more income and more time for me to draw more strips! 🙂

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To all of my readers I want to say thank you! Your support means everything and keeps me going. New strips are coming I promise, just at a little slower pace for now. I hope you’ll stick with me and keep on reading ICECUBES the comic strip! Thanks! Leroy Brown

Hokus Pokus.

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Leroy Brown

I grew up in a small town in the south-eastern United States. I used to walk to the drug store to buy Ã‚Â¢25 candy bars, or get donuts at the donut shop across the street from my Grandparents’ house and then sit all day in the air-conditioned Paramount movie theater to watch showings of ‘The Blob’ looped over and over. On main street, there was this great neon sign that held an incredible fascination for me. It was a giant sign that read: “Hokus Pokus Liquor”. I wasn’t really sure about the liquor part, but I did know that hokus pokus was somehow related to magic! At night, the ghost on the sign danced from left to right and all the lights blinked in an entrancing show that really was magical! Years later, I drove thru my home town and the sign was still there. Unfortunately, the lights didn’t work anymore and I’m not sure if today the sign still hangs. But what a great memory of being hypnotized as a kid by the Hokus Pokus light show, as I would ride past in the back seat of my aunt’s station wagon! 🙂

Dallas Webcomic Convention.

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Leroy Brown being interviewed by Fes from Webcomic Beacon. Over the weekend my family and I drove to Dallas to be part of Stripcon, the Dallas Webcomic Convention. I was interviewed by Fes over at Webcomic Beacon, so keep an eye out for that podcast.

It was great seeing fellow comickers Jason Poland (http://robbieandbobby.com/), Brad Diller (http://cartoons.fundaymorning.com/), Barry Buchanan (http://dontfeedthegeek.com/), Brad Campbell (http://roofuscomic.blogspot.com/), Jeremy Johnson (http://www.toomasooba.com/), Hector Cantu (http://www.gocomics.com/baldo), Michael Hawkins (http://jimcorncomic.com/) and David Wilborn (http://www.urbanjunglecomic.com/). Unfortunately some of us felt that there really was not much of a crowd. Note to con organizers: it’s your job to bring in the visitors, not merely charge artists for table space. I did get to meet some new readers and sell the new ICECUBES book.
Be sure to come to the JMV Comic Book Show in Austin on Aug. 19 and get your own copy of the book! See you there.

Supersized.

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Check out the size of the latest strip I drew! I decided to make it the same size as newspaper comic artists used to draw comics. All that space to fill was both daunting and liberating. I think that if I ever have to draw a story with lots of detail I’ll do it this size again. It was a bit of a challenge to ink and in order to get good thick lines I decided to go with a Windsor Newton brush instead of nibs. Fun stuff! See the published strip here!

Book Cover.

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Dear fans and friends, here is the cover for the new ICECUBES book called “Noise Is News!” The book features over 170 never before printed comic strips in full color. It has been a long time in the making, mostly because of the attention to detail and the insistence that it be printed in 4-color offset as opposed to digital. Over 100 first edition copies have already been sold and it promises to sell out fast. You can order your copy here and even get a signed copy. Thanks so much for your patience, I know you will love this book! 🙂 Leroy Brown Get your copy of the brand new ICECUBES book!